Sad-iron stand.



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Y sen- STAN Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t d S t Application filed September 26, 1917. 7 Serial No. 193,379.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRACE CoGGINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cotati. in the county of Sonoma and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sad-Iron Stands, of wlnch the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a sad iron stand.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple, substantial, cheaply manufactured sad iron stand, particularly constructed to eliminate the neon or removing it from the stand, furthermore to provide means for preventing the iron from scorching the cloth on the ironing board, and also to provide means for securing the stand against endwise movement when placed on the ironing board.

Further objects will hereinafter appear;

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stand.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line 2-2 Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A indicates a stand in general, 2 a corrugated supporting surface, 3 an inclined front end, and 4 a rear end. The lower face of the end-section 4 has a great number of fine teeth or serrations, the inner side of these teeth being cut away to permit formation of sharp prongs which will enter readily into the cloth or any other covering placed on the ironing board. The other side or the front inclined section 3 is cut away to form a smooth sharp edge with relation to the supporting surface, in this manner forming a gradual slope from the corrugated supporting surface down to the point where the stand rests on the cloth. This furnishes a smooth surface from the ironing cloth to the upper supporting corrugated surface which permits the iron when drawn back to slide easily up the sloping front to a point where it rests on the corrugated surface until wanted again.

The purpose of this invention is to save as much manual labor as possible. This will be more readil understood from the following description 1.1.1 the pres t rm of stands. now in g eral use, it is necessary to lift or place the iron on the stand, and durlng the ordinary days work in the laundry, the iron, which usually weighs about 8# is lifted from the surface of the ironing board and placed upon the stand so many times during the day that it really equals the same amount of labor as lifting several hundred pounds,

WVith a stand constructed as here shown, it can readily be seen that this unnecessary labor is entirely eliminated as the iron when drawn back simply slides up to the corrugated surface without any effort on the part of the operator. The supporting surface in actual practice is raised approximately three-quarters of an inch from the surface of the ironing board. For the purpose of preventing the heat of the iron from scorching the cloth, a plurality of perforations is formed in the end section, and also between the corrugations as indicated at 6.

The corrugations, together with the perforations provided, permits a free circulation of air under the stand, thereby preventing the iron from scorching the cloth underneath, in this manner permitting the supporting surface of the stand to remain in close proximity to the cloth, and thereby obviating the necessity of elevating the iron any considerable distance when sliding it up on the stand.

The material and finish of the stand may otherwise be such as the experience and judgment of the manufacturer may dictate.

I wish it understood that various changes in form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims, and that I do not wish to limit myself to the specific design or construction here shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A sad iron stand comprising a corrugated metal supporting plate, a downwardly end section formed on one end of the plate, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set a series of sharpened teeth formed on the my hand in the presence of two subscribing lower end of said section, and a downwardly witnesses.

bent, adually inclined extended section GRACE COGGINS. 5 forms on the opposite end of the plate, the Witnesses:

lower end of said extended section termi P. L. YABBROUGH,

nating in a, knife-like edge. U. AHRONEEIM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the commissioner of Patents,

I 7 Washington, D. G. 

